How to Prevent Mineral Buildup in Hot Water Heaters

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How to Prevent Mineral Buildup in Hot Water Heaters

Preventing mineral buildup in hot water heaters is a process that requires you to use water softener. Prevent mineral buildup in hot water heaters with help from a foreman for Lighty Contractors in this free video clip.

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Hello, everyone, I'm Joshua Clement, and today I'm going to talk to you about how to prevent mineral buildup in your water heater. Now it's very important that you don't let that mineral build up in your water heater because it could cause a lot of damage not only to the hot water heater but also to all the pipes throughout the rest of the house and your faucets. The best way to prevent mineral buildup in your hot water heater is actually with a water softener. What this does is it purifies all the water before it goes to your water heater, that way you know that you are getting out all the impurities that you can before it hits your system. It's very important to make sure that your water softener never gets low on salt. It's a very simple process to put salt in, open up the lid and just dump it in. You want to make sure that you check your water softener at least once a week and make sure it's always full of salt. That way you don't accidentally let some of that corroded water get through to your system. What the salt doe sis actually puts a coating into your water and prevents the rust and the mineral from sticking to the walls of your pipes and your water heater. That way it's not getting stuck in there and causing problems. Then it does what's called a cycle and filters all that impurities out and down the drain. Without softened water, you're going to be fighting this for the rest of your life. You're going to have problems with all of your appliances. Thank you for watching and good luck with this project.

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Joshua Clement is a Foreman for Lighty Contractors and has been in his position for the past 10 years. Clement has also been a Maintenance Technician, where he served more than 352 Apartments. He has professionally done plumbing work, washing machine, dishwasher, stove repair and maintenance, remodeling, roofing, construction, and much more.